Bath-spray support.



M. KLINE.

BATH SPRAY SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.17.19 16.

1,1 89,970. I Patented July 4, 1916.,

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX KLINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BATH-SPRAY SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAx KLINE, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented anew and'Improved Bath-Spray Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to bath apparatus and has particular reference to shower baths.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved, cheap, neat and reliable support vfor the flexible hose and nozzle of a shower bath apparatus, 'the same being adapted to be readily applied to any standard bathtub fittings.

Another object of the invention is to improvethe means for holding the flexible hose, said holding means being particularly designed for preventing the kinking or buckling of the hose due to the weight of the nozzle or other causes.

With the;foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodi-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved support indicated in operative position; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional detail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable nozzle holding clip; and Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5.5 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings I show more or less diagrammatically a standard form of bathtub 10 having hot and cold water faucets 11 and 12 with a common outlet 13 leading into the tub. The water pipe connections or spuds 14 are shown passing horizontally through the end of the tub in spaced relation to each other.

At 15 I show a common and well known form of flexible hose having slip connection at 16 with the delivery nozzle 13 of the water fixture and having at its other end a spraying head or nozzle 17. This hose and nozzle device is well known and per as constitutes no part of this invention. The in- Specification of Letters Patent.

vention strictly speaking comprises a metal support for the aforesaid hose and sprinkling head, the same consisting of two principal parts; first, a bracket 18, and, secondly, a spring clip 19.

The bracket is made preferably of a single piece of rod metal or heavy wire of sufficient weight or strength for its purpose, the ends of the metal being bent into loops or eyes 20, and thence bent rearwardly and downwardly in rounded curves 21 and thence bent laterally slightly at or toward the points 22 and thence on downwardly and divergent in substantially straight lines to the sharp bends'2-3, the metal being thence bent back sharply upon itself forming legs 24 and thence the metal is bent rearwardly and downwardly forming hooks 25 and thence horizontally forming a closed loop 26. This loop engages over the roll at the upper edge of the end of the tub constituting a portion of the engaging means between the support and the tub. The hooks 25 engaging the upper edge of the tub limit the downward movement of the support upon the tub. The legs 24 are formed to lie much farther apart than indicated by the drawings, and when the support is put in place these legs are compressed toward each other against the resiliency of the metal and slipped into the space between the combination faucet cross head and the end of the tub and also between the two spuds 14. The resiliency of the metal and also the downward flare or divergence of the two legs insure complete and reliable supporting engagement between this portion of the support and the tub. The support thus is easily put in place for use where it may be left indefinitely, or if it is to be removed, such removal may be easily effected by simple upward draft upon it.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed February 17, 1916. Serial No. 78,893.

The upper curved portion of the support 7 at 21 forms a goose neck, the two portions of the support at this part being slightly spaced as shown at 27, Fig. 2, upon whichthe bent portion 15 of the flexible tube adjacent the nozzle 17 is adapted to rest and the diameter of the hose, and hence they form a sort of cradle in which the curved part of the hose lies. A common fault in this yp f shower apparatus hes in the loo fact that the flexible rubber hose, such as shown herein, being supported by means permitting a sharp bend or buckling, soon deteriorates and becomes useless, whereas in this case I provide a comparatively large sweeping bend at the goose neck making an easy and lasting support for the hose.

The two eyes of the support are arranged to come into close parallel planes with the common axis, and between said eyes is secured the shank 28 of the hose-holding clip 19, a clamping bolt 29 passing between the eyes and a hole 28 in said shank; A nut 30 is employed on the threaded end of the bolt to set up suflicient friction between the shank and the-eyes 20 to secure the'clip at any desired angle of adjustment around the axis of the eyes and bolt so as to vary ,the direction at which the water will be sprayed from the nozzle 17. The clip also includes a pair of jaws more or less elastic, having the function of gripping the hose between them With sufficientforce to hold the hose in place-but permitting the removal thereof when desired. The clip, as is true of the other main portion of the support, is formed of a single piece of metal bent into a loop at its middle at 31.

I claim In a bath spray support, the combination of a bracket constituting one main portion, said bracket comprising means for securing the same upon a bathtub and bent at its upper end into a goose neck constituting a hose support, said goose neck comprising two curved portions of the support spaced slightly less than the diameter of the hose along which the curved portion of the'hose lies as, in a cradle, a hose supporting clip, and means connecting the clip directly to the end out the goose neck.

MAX KLIN E.

Witnesses: I

Gno. L. BEELER, GEORGE H. EMSLIE. 

